Florida congressman Cory Mills under DOJ investigation, NBC sources say
Updated: 8:25 PM EDT Jul 21, 2026
Florida congressman Cory Mills, R-District 7, is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News. The reported investigation is of Mills’ finances, two of the people said. It’s being run out of the Middle District of Florida, according to two of the people, with one of the sources adding investigators are interested in some of Mills’ alleged overseas business dealings. News of the probe was first reported by MS NOW. Mills’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mills is already the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation, announced in November 2025, of whether he violated campaign finance laws, misused congressional resources, and engaged in sexual misconduct or dating violence. By that point, Mills had already been ordered by a Florida judge to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend and to not go within 500 feet of her residence or where she works after she claimed that he threatened to release nude images of her and to physically harm her future boyfriends after she broke up with him. An update shared in May stated the relevant investigative subcommittee had authorized “more than 20 subpoenas, collected thousands of documents, and contacted dozens of witnesses” in the matter. Mills is also running for re-election in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, which he’s represented since 2023. He faces three other GOP candidates in the August primary, one of whom tried to sue in order to knock Mills off the primary ballot on grounds he allegedly notarized his candidate documents improperly, having them signed and stamped while in Washington, D.C., when Florida law mandates that notaries must be physically present in the state when witnessing signatures. At latest, a judge has ruled Mills will remain on the primary ballot after his legal team argued the suit had no merit, had no proof, and that Mills deserved to remain in the race. The judge dismissed the complaint “with prejudice,” which legally means the case is permanently closed.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
Florida congressman Cory Mills, R-District 7, is under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
The reported investigation is of Mills’ finances, two of the people said. It’s being run out of the Middle District of Florida, according to two of the people, with one of the sources adding investigators are interested in some of Mills’ alleged overseas business dealings.
News of the probe was first reported by MS NOW. Mills’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mills is already the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation, announced in November 2025, of whether he violated campaign finance laws, misused congressional resources, and engaged in sexual misconduct or dating violence. By that point, Mills had already been ordered by a Florida judge to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend and to not go within 500 feet of her residence or where she works after she claimed that he threatened to release nude images of her and to physically harm her future boyfriends after she broke up with him.
An update shared in May stated the relevant investigative subcommittee had authorized “more than 20 subpoenas, collected thousands of documents, and contacted dozens of witnesses” in the matter.
Mills is also running for re-election in Florida’s 7th Congressional District, which he’s represented since 2023.
He faces three other GOP candidates in the August primary, one of whom tried to sue in order to knock Mills off the primary ballot on grounds he allegedly notarized his candidate documents improperly, having them signed and stamped while in Washington, D.C., when Florida law mandates that notaries must be physically present in the state when witnessing signatures.
At latest, a judge has ruled Mills will remain on the primary ballot after his legal team argued the suit had no merit, had no proof, and that Mills deserved to remain in the race. The judge dismissed the complaint “with prejudice,” which legally means the case is permanently closed.